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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
bhuri bai
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- LGD code
- 478640
- Pincode
- 451666
- Post office
- Sendhwa
- Population
- 4,981
- Households
- 760
- Literacy rate
- 21.2%
- Sex ratio
- 980 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,610
- Distance to district centre
- 114 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 10 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 95 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 566 km
- Nearest railway station
- Palasner · 43 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Civil Hospital,Kannod · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Surani compares
By population, Surani ranks #5 of 80 villages in Sendhwa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
21.2%
−6.0% vs mandal average
- Surani
- 21.2%
- Sendhwa mandal
- 27.2%
- Barwani district
- 39.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
980
−6 vs mandal average
- Surani
- 980
- Sendhwa mandal
- 986
Household size
people per home
6.6
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Surani
- 6.6
- Sendhwa mandal
- 6.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Surani at a glance
Surani is a village of 4,981 people in 760 households (Census 2011) in Sendhwa tehsil, Barwani district, Madhya Pradesh, the 5th-largest of 80 villages in Sendhwa tehsil. Literacy is 21%, 6 points below the tehsil average of 27% and the sex ratio is 980 women per 1,000 men. It lies 114 km from the Barwani district centre, 43 km from Palasner railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 451666, served by Sendhwa post office; the LGD village code is 478640. The nearest hospital or health centre is Civil Hospital,Kannod, 8 km away. The sarpanch is bhuri bai, and the village votes in Khategaon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Aashish Govind Sharma. The population is estimated at 5,873 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Surani
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 5
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- SENDHWA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 105
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 35
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 923.34
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 107.15
- Forest area (ha)
- 149.72
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Surani
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Surani
- LGD code
- 478640
- Pincode
- 451666
- Post office
- Sendhwa
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,981
- Population (projected 2026)
- 5,873
- Households
- 760
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 980
- Literacy rate
- 21.2%
- Coordinates
- 22.61434°N, 76.79961°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Vidisha
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Khategaon
- Member of Parliament
- Shivraj Singh Chauhan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Aashish Govind Sharma
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- bhuri bai
- Block / Mandal
- Sendhwa
Getting there
How to reach Surani
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal95 kmcapital
- Mumbai566 km
- Hyderabad608 km
- Delhi668 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPalasner43 km
- Hospital / PHCCivil Hospital,Kannod8 km
- CollegeVellore Institute of Technology - VIT Bhopal51 km
- Police stationSikandar bazaar police station45 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
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